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...much better job limiting their ability to get easy offense,” said Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91. “I have a great deal of respect for Quinnipiac. I thought they battled right to the end and it was a very hard-fought victory.”However, all its efforts were to little avail as Harvard hung on and added to its lead. With 5:15 left to play, Rogers’ high-velocity shot at the goal from the right side was deflected to a waiting Taylor, who punched the puck into...
...fell short, losing 5-2 last Friday at the Murr Center in a match that featured intense battles up and down the lineup.With the loss, the Crimson drops to 4-4 this season, but, on balance, there’s a lot of good to be found in a hard-fought battle against a Big Ten Wolverine squad that is loaded with talent from top to bottom.“You have to play at this kind of level over and over again before you’re ready to break through,” said assistant coach Andrew Rueb...
...gave perhaps the most promising performance, making good on his ranking by taking fourth in the weight class in remarkable fashion. Jantzen earned a fall in his first round bout in only 24 seconds before defeating Cornell’s Adam Frey, 11-7, in a hard-fought quarterfinal match. Jantzen could not land an upset against top-seeded Matthew Kyler, but the rookie did maintain his confidence and fought his way to the third-place match. The freshman forfeited the match midway through, though, in order to rest his nagging injuries before Nationals. While Jantzen...
...grit,” co-captain Lauren Snyder said. “Just being able to play five games in 24 hours gives us a lot of confidence.”HARVARD 13, ST. FRANCIS 12Last-second heroics allowed Harvard to escape its first match on Sunday with a hard-fought, sorely-needed win. The Crimson held a seemingly comfortable lead late in the third, 12-6, but the Terriers clawed their way back into the game. With less than a minute remaining in regulation and the game tied at 12, co-captain Vivian Liao launched the game-winner...
...jump in and play two games...I really needed to get back into that routine, practice every day, practice hard, you know, get my confidence back and play the way that I’ve been playing so far.”Fully healthy, Kessler was back in top form on Friday. While the Golden Knights only managed thirteen shots, they crashed the net several times. But Kessler kept her cool.“I expected a hard-fought game from Clarkson and I knew they were going to come after me as they usually...